IC 495
IC 495
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
732 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 732 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 495 as it looked roughly 732 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 519Elliptical130 million ly
apartNGC 2491Galaxy160 million ly
apartIC 2307Lenticular180 million ly
apartNGC 2647Lenticular180 million ly
apartBrowningIrregular190 million ly
apartIC 2431 NED01Spiral190 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2491Galaxy160 million ly
apartIC 2307Lenticular180 million ly
apartNGC 2647Lenticular180 million ly
apartBrowningIrregular190 million ly
apartIC 2431 NED01Spiral190 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).